Manual:Infantry Manual:Equipment:Weapons:Missiles

Missile Systems
SS-I-622 60mm “Bullet Ant” Missile

The Bullet Ant is a 60mm missile launcher capable of engaging bunkers, fortifications, and light armored vehicles; and is designed as a single-use launcher designed to be discarded after use. The weapon consists of a missile within a launcher made up of two tubes, one inside the other. The inner tube stores the missiles, and the outer tube contains the trigger and optics.

90mm Infantry Missile System

“Fire Ant” 90mm Missile The missile package weighs 7 kilograms and will attach to the back of the firing tube integral to the Targeting and Control Package creating a total system length of 130 centimeters. While the mobility of the missile is rather limited it can track and prosecute slow moving targets like armored combat vehicles.

The Fire Ant is a 90mm multi-use missile launcher designed to engage medium armored vehicles and enemy personnel. The weapon consists of two parts, the launcher, and its missiles. During use the cap at the rear of the lunch tube is opened, the missile is loaded, the cap is locked back into place, and the weapon is ready to fire. The system is shoulder fired and operated by a trigger on the forward hand grip.

At just under 10kg loaded and 1.1m long it is too big to be carried by a single marine; instead, it is usually carried as part of a two-man team, one carrying the launcher the other the missiles. Despite this increase in weight, the 90mm missile is a highly effective piece of ordinance. It is capable of engaging enemy armor short of a heavy tank, and its explosive power is exceptionally effective against fortifications and troops.

By design, the Fire Ant Missile System is very similar to the MAn Portable Light Infantry Missile Launcher also known as the MAPLIML or Mapper.

MK913 90mm Missile Targeting and Control Package The control system weighs 7 kilograms and consists of two pistol grips, optical sensor readout, and a firing tube. The rear pistol grip has the firing trigger and is set in the middle of the firing tube just below the sensor readout. The forward pistol grip has the sensor controls and is set halfway between the rear grip and the muz-zle. The sensor system is a simple passive optical target designator capable of detecting the entire visible electromagnetic spectrum (10nm – 1mm).

SA-I-719 “Wasp” Infantry Portable Aerospace Defense Missile System This missile system is designed as a way for small units to possess a fully capable anti-air missile system. The seeker head of this missile is an advanced optical tracker backed up by a small active sensor. The opti-cal sensor system is fully compatible with the Mk913 Targeting and Control Module, which is the primary dis-mounted launch system, and therefore has a detection range of the entire visible electromagnetic spectrum (10nm-1mm). Being passive, this method of tracking and engagement allows the missile to achieve a modi-cum of surprise against unsuspecting targets. If, however, the target becomes alerted and manages to nullify the passive tracking system, the missile can switch to its active system.

120mm Medium Missile System

The “Jack Jumper” is a brand new 120mm missile system and gives Infantry units the ability to successfully engage all classes of armored fighting vehicles and other types of hardened targets. The weapon consists of the control module and the launch tube assembly (the missile). Unlike the Fire Ant, the Jack Jumper missile is a self-contained package which houses the missile and protects it from harsh environments. When the operator wishes to fire the weapon a missile tube is connected to the control module, after the ordinance if fired the tube is discarded.

MK979 120mm Missile Targeting and Control Package The control package is a 3.2-kilogram box with two side by side pistol grips and a sensor readout display; missile canisters can attach to either side of the control package, which would then sit on the shoulder of the gunner. The targeting system uses an advanced optical sensor and an active target designation system. The optical sensors are capable of detecting the entire visible electromagnetic spectrum (10nm-1mm); and while it does have the ability to detect the ultraviolet and infrared frequencies, its detection range is drastically less than the visible frequencies.

The target designator is a microwave laser system that can be used one of two ways: assisting the optical sensor in identifying a target at extreme ranges or being used to actively guide the missile onto a specific target. The drawback to the active guidance mode is that the gunner needs to keep the target identified through-out the entire flight of the missile or risk a miss. This is obviously dangerous for the missile crew, as they would probably be detected either by the missile’s launch or even the use of the laser system, but in certain conditions it would be unavoidable. Overall, the range of the sensor system is slightly farther than the range of the missiles’, at about 6 kilometers.

“Jack Jumper” 120mm Missile The missile is a moderately mobile system that is designed to render a direct attack against a target or maneuver to engage a target from the side or top. Its maximum range for a direct attack is 5 kilometers but this range will reduce rapidly depending on differing attack profiles, in application the practical range is about 3 kilometers. The guidance/seeker head is more than capable of engaging any target that the control package can identify, using a similar optical sensor / active guidance system capable of tracking on the microwave laser that would be used by the control package. The missile is also able to switch from active laser guidance to passive optical and vice-versa depending on the situation. This gives the gunner the ability to launch a missile on optical tracking but provide updates by means of the microwave laser when in a rapidly changing environment; or conversely to identify a target by the microwave laser but because of counterattack be forced to move, the missile would then prosecute the attack by means of an optical sensor.

150mm Heavy Missile System

MK298 Missile Targeting and Control Package The control package an impressive array of sensor targeting equipment. The basic means of target identification is an advanced optical sensor capable of detecting the entire visible electromagnetic spectrum 10nm- 1mm). It can also detect the ultraviolet and infrared frequencies, but the detection range is not as good as the visible frequencies. The control package also integrates a Tachyon Beam designation system that will mark a target with a unique residual energy signature that the missile can then track without the gunner needing to have the target constantly illuminated by a standard targeting laser.

“Maricopa” 150mm Missile The missile system, each encased round is 23 kilograms. Its maximum range for a direct attack is 7 kilometers but practical range is about 4 kilometers. The guidance / seeker head is more than capable of engaging any target that the control package can identifies. The sensor receivers for the active system have a secondary function in that they are used to locate a target when it has been identified by the Tachyon Beam designator.

The Maricopa is a 150mm missile system and until the design of the Jack Jumper the only one capable of engaging a heavy tank. The system consists of 2 parts: the control package and firing platform and launch tube assembly.

SS-I-575 150mm Man Portable Light Infantry Missile Launcher (MAPLIML)

The MAPLIML or Mapper is one of the most versatile light infantry missile systems. The weapon consists of a reusable launcher mechanism and a 6 round front loading cartridge. Most popular rounds used with the MAPLIML include High Explosive (HE) or High Velocity Armor Piercing (HIVAP) rounds or Anti-Armor Incen-diary rounds. The MAPLIML can engage most light to medium armored vehicles and above ground bunkers & fortifications.

The most popular use of the MAPLIML is on lightly armored vehicles such as the Hummer Jeep or Argo Bug-gy. A variation of the MAPLIML can be used as a crew-served weapon. The crew-served variation requires a full squad to carry the components. The MAPLIML breaks down into the launcher unit, rear-loading battery back, tripod & a 2 round missile cartridge instead of typical 6 round design.